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I'm curious -- because I have a PPQ and I just installed a light on it -- did you clear the problems one handed, because you were "injured"? If so, how do you do that? I have not tried one-handed shooting yet. I'll have to practice that next time I go to the range. I have shot roughly 800 rounds in my PPQ without a gun-caused problem.

If his first video didn't persuade, this second would have. I am really enjoying my PPQ.

This is in Roxbury Twp. FWIW, based on my sample size of one, the Roxbury PD is reasonably fair and level-headed. I have lived in the township for 18 years, with a few unusual encounters, and they always ended up doing the right thing.

If you threaten with a weapon while committing robbery, isn't that armed robbery? If it turns out you did not have a weapon, then it is still armed robbery, but they cannot file weapons charges, right?

This is close to me. It seems like more of this is going on, all over NJ. A Shell station in Budd Lake was also robbed recently. http://www.dailyrecord.com/article/20120319/NJNEWS/303190019/Hopatcong-man-charged-robbing-Roxbury-CVS

That's good to know, so I can be prepared for questions from my wife.

I did receive my $1.88 hand warmer.

I took the Rider Ed class 10 years ago and it was definitely worth it. However, you will still have to take the written test at a Motor Vehicle Center. The Rider Ed, or MSF, class teaches you valuable skills, and you avoid the "driving" test by taking the class, but you still have the rest of the MVC fire drill to go through.

I just want to add to the chorus that says: You cannot make a person change. If she wants to change, then help connect her with counseling, a church group, or whatever. However, if she does not seem to want to make a significant change in her life, then stay far away. As noted above, addicts are very good liars. Her talking about getting together with the evil boyfriend is not a good sign that she wants to live a better life and make better choices. My first wife has a terrible alcohol addiction. Trust me -- you cannot save someone who does not want to save themself.

That is pretty cool looking.

I am new at this, too, but it really is a simple process and works well. In my case, I bought a Walther PPQ from Jet Guns, and had it shipped to RTSP in Randolph. RTSP was in Jet Gun's data base, which means they had done business with them before. I ordered the gun, then called RTSP to tell them I had just ordered it and was going to use them as FFL. When it arrived, according to the tracking info, I again called RTSP and told them I would be coming in that evening to pick it up. They requested that I be there by 7:00 (ideally) but no later than 7:30. I got there on time and the transaction went fairly smoothly. I paid $35 transfer fee plus NICS fee to RTSP and took my gun home.

I am no expert on tracks, but I believe that cats generally have retractable claws, and dogs don't. The mountain lion/cougar prints I saw on the internet did not have any claws showing. Do coyote prints show the claws? The print above does not seem to show any claw marks.

I agree -- be honest. However, since this is NJ, the process is somewhat arbitrary and capricious, and the questions are frustratingly vague. At face value, "Have you ever been attended, treated or observed by any doctor or psychiatrist or at any hospital or mental institution on an inpatient or outpatient basis for any mental or psychiatric condition? If yes, give the name and location of the doctor, psychiatrist, hospital or institution and the date(s) of such occurrence," does not seem to cover any counseling done by a person who is not a doctor or psychiatrist. For example, marital counseling or grief counseling done by a pastor, or an LCSW, does not seem to fall under their definition, and one could truthfully answer "NO."

twospot, Sorry to hear that. I had a bad experience myself with my first wife. Good for you for handling it the right way. I am still curious, though, how they can possibly find out.

There was supposedly a mountain lion sighted in Roxbury Twp (where I live) by a police officer in 2006.

Regarding the mental health question, how exactly do the local police even know? How do they do a mental health backgroun check? There are several types of treatment for mental health conditions, and one or all may be used. First, a person my get counseling with a psychologist, LCSW, or whatever, for depression, marriage problems, and so on. I am not aware of any central data base that tracks counseling sessions, so it seems to me that the police would not know this unless you volunteered it. I am not advocating lying, but it seems very unlikely that anyone would know about counseling sessions, especially if you do not use insurance. Second, a person may go to a psychiatrist or family doctor and get a prescription for anti-depressants. There may be some way for law enforcement to check prescription records, I suppose.

1. Why are you reading MSNBC.COM 2. If the kid did not actually make a threat, then what basis did the police have for searching his room and the house? I think kids are meaner these days than when I was in school, and social media makes it possible to say things behind someone's back to a lot of people in a short time. When I was a kid, the worst that would happen would be a fight in the school yard at lunch time. The next day, everything would be fine.

I just saw a few minutes of the show. The guy getting the expensive bunker seemed shrewd (I thought it was $485K?). He gets on TV to advertise his training programs in North Dakota or some out of the way place like that. He is also using the bunker as part of the training program, so it becomes a tax deductible business expense. Free advertising and a half million dollar backup home that your business pays for -- not bad. Other than that, the show is not worth watching. The guy in Florida with the shelter that is hundreds of miles away -- yes, you will get washed away sitting in traffic on I-95 if the tsunami hits hard. I am old enough to remember as a kid growing up in the '60's that we used to talk about one or two people in our neighborhood had bomb shelters. Those were a result of fear, just like some of these shelters.

Or those evil Wham-o slingshots!

That was my first thought, too, but I try to give the benefit of the doubt. The kid may have a cell phone but chose not to answer it. That would heighten the anxiety of the mother.

What was her name?

Praying

The real secret is to buy a carpet that is close to the color of the dog. Then it doesn't matter how good the vacuum is.

I can't listen to it now. I'll have to check it out later. Have you downloaded their new bootlegs? The Brussels Affair from '73 is outstanding. Hampton from '81 is pretty good.

Refurbished ones look like a good deal, but they don't have the model she wants. EVERY on-line retailer is selling this model for $600, except for e-bay retailers, and I'm not going to go there.